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“You’ve finally reached the point of gnome return, which Kafka says is the point that must be reached, so hella kudos.”—Gnome Chomsky

The thing about poetry is that writing a poem only seems like a good idea at the time but then oh boy.

The best AWP offsite event is where you lay on your shitty mattress staring into nothing while thousands of miles away from any writer.

Sounds crazy, but retreats from writers’ retreats, you know, just screams “Better deal!”

Probably the worst aspect of editing an online poetry journal is having to be the person who thought it was a good idea to edit an online poetry journal.

Existential Breakdown in the Christmas Aisle at Walgreens and Other Existential Breakdowns in Other Aisles at Other Places

Relationships Don’t Work and People Can’t Fulfill You Which Is Why It Makes Perfect Sense That Someone Would Have Sex with a Parked Van: Essays

Reminder: There is a special hell for writers who use #amwriting and that hell is called Twitter.

ATTN snobby academic writers: there’s nothing wrong with making books out of glue, tape, staples and scissors and then selling them from out of the trunk of your car. (If you have a car.)

Customer: In some circles they call me the poet laureate of the pre-packaged gas station sandwich.

Barista: Yeah, whatever, but can I have an actual name for the cup?